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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Geography


BSc (Hons) Geography: First year
Code Module name Credits
GG1001 Climate, Capital, Community: Fundamentals of Global Geography 20 AND
GG1002 Worlds of Crisis and Hope 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
BSc (Hons) Geography: Second year
Code Module name Credits
* GG2013 Geography (I): Space, Time and Changing Landscapes 20 AND
* GG2014 Geography (II): Nature, Culture and Power 20 AND
* SD2100 Sustainable Scotland 20 AND
60 credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass in modules marked *

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

BSc Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.

BSc (Hons) Geography: Third year
Code Module name Credits
GG3205 Developing a Geography Research Proposal 10 AND
View list 20 credits from Module List: GG3213 - GG3214 AND
GG3213 Physical Geography Fieldclass 20
GG3214 Human Geography Field Course 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 30 credits from Module List: GG3206 - GG3212 AND
GG3206 Quantitative Methods for Social Scientists 10
GG3207 Qualitative Methods for Human Geographers 10
GG3208 Survey Design 10
GG3209 Spatial Analysis with GIS 10
GG3210 Remote Sensing 10
GG3211 Research Design and Methods for Physical Geography 10
GG3212 Data Analysis for Physical Geography 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 60 credits from Module List: GG3260 - GG4299
GG3280 Geopolitics 30
GG3281 Quaternary Environmental Change 30
GG3283 Migration and Mobilities 30
GG4243 Geographies of Race, Racialisation and Racism 30
GG4244 Decolonial Geographies 30
GG4245 Biogeography and the Earth System 30
GG4246 Geographies of Disability 30
GG4247 Geographies of Health in sub-Saharan Africa 30
GG4248 The Nature of Political Ecology 30
GG4249 Placing Peru: A Decolonial Development Geography 30
GG4250 Diversity, Inequality and Place 30
GG4251 Volcanic Ash: Dispersal, Impacts and Applications 30
GG4252 Ice and Climate 30
GG4253 Cultural Geographies of Climate Activism 30
GG4254 Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 30
GG4255 Geographies of Urban Housing 30
GG4256 Coastal Processes 30
GG4257 Urban Analytics: A Toolkit for Sustainable Urban Development 30
GG4258 Water in the Environment 30
GG4259 Glaciology 30
GG4260 Social Infrastructure and Urban (Re)development 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year
BSc (Hons) Geography: Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
GG4399 Research Dissertation in Geography 30 AND
View list 90 credits from Module List: GG3260 - GG4328
GG3280 Geopolitics 30
GG3281 Quaternary Environmental Change 30
GG3283 Migration and Mobilities 30
GG4243 Geographies of Race, Racialisation and Racism 30
GG4244 Decolonial Geographies 30
GG4245 Biogeography and the Earth System 30
GG4246 Geographies of Disability 30
GG4247 Geographies of Health in sub-Saharan Africa 30
GG4248 The Nature of Political Ecology 30
GG4249 Placing Peru: A Decolonial Development Geography 30
GG4250 Diversity, Inequality and Place 30
GG4251 Volcanic Ash: Dispersal, Impacts and Applications 30
GG4252 Ice and Climate 30
GG4253 Cultural Geographies of Climate Activism 30
GG4254 Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 30
GG4255 Geographies of Urban Housing 30
GG4256 Coastal Processes 30
GG4257 Urban Analytics: A Toolkit for Sustainable Urban Development 30
GG4258 Water in the Environment 30
GG4259 Glaciology 30
GG4260 Social Infrastructure and Urban (Re)development 30
GG4302 Data Science in Society and Space 30
GG4303 Advanced Qualitative Analysis 30
GG4304 Advanced Analysis in Physical Geography 30
GG4305 Environmental Geography: Advanced Analysis across Human and Physical Geography 30
GG4328 Spatial Analysis for Social and Environmental Research 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


Students must have a total of 90 credits at 4000 level before graduation.

Remember to balance your choices across the year.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).